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Eternity with You
One-Shot
I open my eyes.
Everything is so bright, and my consciousness feels like its being spirited away by an ethereal wind. It has been a very long time, I can tell. For so long I have chased after my dream; endlessly pursuing something that was always just a grasp away. Yet here I am.
I smile quietly to myself as I breathe in the holy air of the place I know this must be. A field of grass surrounds me, and as I brush my fingers through its glades I can feel my journey coming to an end. Lying down on my back I find myself looking at the sky. Wistful clouds sift through the ever blue sky, and I am reminded of a time, long ago, when I looked up toward a different sky and started off on the path that I was sure would bring me here.
Clearly in my heart are imprinted the words I said on that day:
It feels so close to me, yet I can't even grasp it if I open my hands.
Even so… even if I can't reach it…There are things that will stay in my heart.
Being in the same time… and looking up at the same sky…
If I can remember that, then even if we are far apart from each other,
I believe we can be together…
Again, I smile inwardly. How far have I travelled? How long has this journey been? Slowly, I relax my body.
Ah…
This truly is the end of my journey. It looks like it will end here.
Another gentle gust of wind blows across the field of grass as my heart returns to how it was back then. I stare up at the endless sky and recall the unstated agreement; the fantasy of an unstated wish. If I kept pursuing that dream, it would definitely be realized.
My heart beats faster as the dream begins to awaken.
In front of me is the end of this journey, but for some reason I'm scared. My body feels rigid and I don't know if I want to cross the line I have desperately been running towards.
I shake my head.
No. This deceit should be at an end. Fate owes us that much.
Taking a deep breath in, I close my eyes. It is about time I face the end of my journey.
Exhaling, I find myself thinking about the past and everything that has brought me here: the pain, the hurt, the smiles, the tears, the dreams, the nightmares, the chase, the endless pursuit. Then…
… I open my eyes.
Looking out in front of me I see the silhouette of a girl.
And then I behold the end of my journey.
There she stands, draped in a dress of white. A white so pure and innocent it appears to be made of light rather than cloth. When I look into her eyes it almost seems like she can't comprehend what is finally happening. I have made her wait so long. She must have always been here, endlessly waiting; just how I have been endlessly pursuing. But now both of our infinite paths have come to an end.
Looking back up into her deep green eyes it feels like no time has passed at all. Her golden hair is streaming down to her shoulders like it did that day, and nostalgia flows through my veins into my still beating heart. Tears form at the corner of her eyes and they glisten in the sunlight like diamonds. A faint blush appears upon her white skin as those illimitably unadulterated eyes begin to understand that the impossible… has been overcome.
How much I wanted to see her, how long I made her wait, at this moment none of those things matter, because now, we're finally together.
I smile.
It has always been there all along…
This youthful innocence.
"I'm back, Saber."
...The words coming out of my mouth really are like that time,
As if, what's beginning here is only the continuation of that day.
With light footsteps,
The girl with a slightly quivering body is also smiling…
"Welcome back, Shirou."
Then she said the words she had been waiting to say…
… all this time…
"This journey has just come to an end…
But…
… let us forever walk upon our new path...
… As I spend…
… eternity…
… with you…"
Author's Notes: Based off Fate/stay Night: Realta Nua, Last Episode. Translation credited to WingZero.
The original Last Episode was ambiguous at best but was made that way so that the viewer could come to a conclusion of their own.
This is the conclusion I came to. I hope you enjoyed it! :D
And, as always, please read and review!
kama
P.S. You can watch the Last Episode here at dailymotion (dot) com. Search for Realta Nua Last Episode and you should be able to find it.
Afterwards, tell me what you thought of it! Or even better write your own fanfic about the conclusion you came to; I'd love to read it. :D
